The Financial Markets

and the Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction

by Kaye Shinker
Copyright 1999 - 2000 Kaye Shinker. All rights reserved.

Introduction
Those of us born in 1940-41 have Jupiter Saturn conjunct in early Taurus. We have lived
about 58-9 years with this conjunction and most of us are pretty lucky.
My husband has it in the 12th and I never in my life saw anyone get out of a precarious
situation at the last possible second the way he does. By progression I now have it exact
in the 9th. If I'm not teaching I'm going to school or both. I, too, am equally lucky,. Our
high school classes had the conjunction of course and our 40th reunions were discussions
of what we were doing now that we retired. Many had just started hobby businesses.
The big news for 2000 is the Jupiter Saturn conjunction in Taurus otherwise known as the
Great Mutation. The previous mutation in Taurus happened three times in 1940-1. This
time the Universal clock will give us one more chance to straighten up our Taurus act.

The Grand Conjunction May 28, 2000 4:04 pm GMT

What this means is that Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct at 22 Taurus; for the U.S., it is in
the Ninth house. It has been called Tecumseh's revenge. This means the President elected
in 2000 will pass on to the next world...unless modern medicine saves him, as was the
case with Ronald Reagan.
That out of the way, let's get to the important stuff like what does the conjunction mean
for business. Jupiter represents the sales of a corporation; Saturn represents the finances.
When they are in the same sign, they are in the same office and they get in each others
way. This then is a very difficult time to start a company or to initiate an Initial Public
Offering. The best thing to do is wait a few months and let Jupiter move into Gemini. For
investors that means let your money earn interest in a savings account.
Management methods, Advertising styles, communications equipment, international
transport and international law are in high focus. In other words they are a mess and
changes are absolutely necessary. This means a lot of adjustments in the employees
associated with these sections of industry. Head Hunters and temporary agencies will
profit. The labor shortage will continue with the focus on clerical skills of all kinds.

The Dow will slow its upward trend and there are fewer mergers and acquisitions to
stimulate speculators. Price earnings ratios will improve and people will begin to discuss
dividends as a key factor in adding a stock or mutual fund to their portfolio.
The industries that cater to the gray ponytails will prosper. These 60 year olds will find
ways to return to their favorite pastimes in the 1960's. The key here will be natural music,
arts and crafts, mobility, protests and networking. Expect the associated industries to
thrive. For example: Jeans with pleated front pockets and elbow length T-shirts will sell
very well.
The motto for the first twenty years of this Millennium will be "For the Grandchildren"
The conjunction will emphasize the problems that need to be solved immediately and of
course that will get the attention of the Media.
The sign Saturn is behind, in this case Gemini, usually indicates where the problems will
be. So think about some of things Gemini rules. Jupiter will scoot right into Gemini and
magnify the problems that come up.
January 1st will not the deadline. It is the February Eclipse that will tell the tale.
Computers will be the center of attention.
So what's happening? The system is going to get screwed up. We even know how it will
happen. It can't even be swept aside and pronounced a media event. We call it the Y2K
computer glitch. June 1999 we began to experience glimmers of the problem and it will
persist until June of 2003 when Saturn leaves Gemini.
Since WWII we have invented billions of devises to make life simpler, and we have
failed. We have only made it more complicated. In fact we have complicated ourselves
into stressed out workaholics and then, if we stop to rest, we pronounced ourselves couch
potatoes.

Complication one: We have made it impossible to do anything without first

spending at least 20 minutes in a vehicle.
Complication two: We have invented a myriad of communication devises to
insure that serious thinking about anything for more than one minute is virtually
impossible.
Complication three: We have made it extremely inconvenient to eat anything that
doesn't turn into a pound of sugar once it hits our digestive system.
Complication four: We have over packaged everything so much that it now takes
longer to get the item out of the wrapper than it takes to earn the money to pay for
it.
Complication five: We have invented so many ways make paper work and book
keeping simpler that we now spend more time paying the bills than it takes to cut
down a tree and turn it into paper.

In other words we have figuratively or actually legislated ourselves into big fat slobs. We
have made it virtually impossible to exercise by walking. We have forced ourselves into
our vehicles to accomplish even the simplest of tasks. We have allowed the various
media to talk us out of sitting on the front stoop and being friendly with our neighbors.
What will we learn from this mutation? It is not a sin to stop and smell the roses. It is
great not to be running on empty and stopping only to pour yet another pound of sugar
into our blood stream. And it is so nice just to sit down and think without turning into a
starchy vegetable because we are exhausted.
If youre interested in learning the basics of Financial Astrology, you should check out
my classes at Online College of Astrology (www.astrocollege.org).
Kaye Shinker SHINKER@aol.com